Private forum?

If the forum can't be made private, I'll delete it and take it elsewhere. It cannot be a public forum. So please let me know so I know what action to take. thanks.

Admin panel/forum admin  (upper left hand corner) -->  Settings  -- >  Privacy  -->  Check Membership required to view forum

Yes, they can be private, but what I'd like to know is,

--->if a forum is private, will graphics that are stored there be visible when inserted on other forums?

Yes, they can be private, but what I'd like to know is,
--->if a forum is private, will graphics that are stored there be visible when inserted on other forums?

-auntiecanuck

Thank you SO much! Whew!

Yes, thanks a heap!  It's what I feared...

  Why be fearful?
 
  That seems to be a good thing.
 
  Unless, of course, you're lazy and disorganized..

Is there a way to add an option for a forum to be semi-private. Meaning, the public can view the "Forum" page and see the topics available, but not the posts??

sorry, there is no option for that.

I am clicking the check boxes next to "Membership required to post" and "Membership approval is automatic," and then I click Update public settings, but when I check the summary page to make sure it worked, it shows that I must approve new members and that search engines can crawl my site.  Can you help?

the summary page may be out a few minutes out of sync.  The information that is displayed when you return to your Privacy Settings page is accurate.  Are you seeing a problem there?